Film Review – The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

If you’re a fan of anything SpongeBob SquarePants, there’s been a lot of viewing options in recent years. A resurgence of sorts has occurred for the animated world, with new shows appearing and spin-off films released. Earlier in 2025, “Plankton: The Movie” was issued as a streaming title, and the producers aren’t taking a break, trying their luck again on the big screen with “The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants,” which restores focus on the main characters and their eternal battle with aquatic adventure and stupidity. Director Derek Drymon and screenwriters Pam Brady and Matt Lieberman have one job to do: keep it silly and moving. The production team mostly accomplishes this mission, with “Search for SquarePants” fun and colorful, delivering needed wackiness and cartoon antics, improving on 2021’s “Sponge on the Run” with a fresh round of goofiness and more pirate-y happenings. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com